Reno's Always Take Longer Than You Think

I know this to be true of home reno's and now, also about renovating knits.

I thought Bottle Green would take no more than a couple of hours. Instead, with more than a couple into it over the weekend the seaming has only just begun while the new and improved collar is still very much in progress. Apparently taking care takes time.

'Case in point with the collar facing done and ready to sew down , 'seems I prefer the yarn in the ball above over the yarn already knit into the collar.

Bottle Green had so many knots standing in the way of it's dismantling though, I thought a seamless (hence knotless) top-down piece would take no more than an hour to dismantle. 'Didn't take into account shaping maneuvers throughout the yoke/shoulder sections where "north/south" knitting of the body interlocks (and I do mean locks) with east/west kitting of the sleeves.

That left me with an unravelled body stretched between and "one" with the unable-to-be-unravelled sleeves until the connection between the two was disengaged. Still not sure how that worked but it did both hold the sweater together and release the yarn from it.

So that yarn only made it into skeins after dinner last night and only with the invaluable help of my custom made skeining "machine" (The thing really works!) and that was only after working on it all day Sunday and several hours Saturday.

'Good chance these dripping-dry skeins won't be dry before tomorrow...

Bottom line though I'm happy with the results even if they're slow to come. Thanks for dropping by!

I Can't Explain It!

I just couldn't wait to tear that sweater apart.

Such destructiveness is really not in my nature. Normally Laurie's comment that the single ply might not be up to the stress of ripping would make me abandon the project altogether. Instead It made me more keen to try it out see what would happen.

Without a word of exaggeration, I read her comment and went straight down to the Laundry Room, grabbed the scissors and started with a sleeve. I ripped out the seam from the cuff up to the underarm and then back down to the hem. Then took it off the sweater and started to frog.

It was a little sticky as the yarn clung to itself a bit but otherwise it was no problem.

Then I undertook the neck.  The seaming there made it more fiddly but its done and today I'll move on from there!

I'm finding the process strangely enthralling. Maybe its because I don't feel like I'm loosing a sweater. Rather, I'm gaining yarn, a knitting project and ultimately a new sweater?

I don't know for sure but as the old saying goes..."If it feels good, do it!".

It does.

So I am!

I'll keep you posted!